I'm in Unstructured Frame and doubt I'll be moving to structured any time soon.
I'll contemplate a different template for the quckstarts. It may be the best solution in spite of the still unconventional outline structure. (My 3rd grade language arts teacher wouldn't approve of a level 2 Heading w/ only 1 level 3 child! ;-p ) thanks! Matt Sullivan wrote: > Hi Jenny, > > Interesting predicament... > > I believe this nesting will be more for print purposes than Help, if I read > your post correctly. > > If you are using structured Frame, the concept of conditionalizing your > extra layers of structure will be pretty straightforward. The context > formatting in the EDD could adjust on the fly when structure is > conditionalized > > If using structured Frame is not an option, you might explore having a > QuickStart template and a Full Manual Template that make the headings appear > correct without actually changing the para tags. > > > -Matt > > Matt Sullivan > GRAFIX Training > > matt at roundpeg.com > www.roundpeg.com > Office 714 960-6840 > Cell & text 714 585-2335 > SMS message 7145852335 at vtext.com > > skype: mattatroundpeg > LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/grafixtraining > facebook| plaxo > > Click to tell me the social media sites you belong to > > > -----Original Message----- > From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com > [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Judy > Sent: Monday, June 01, 2009 9:26 AM > To: framers at lists.frameusers.com > Subject: Topic changes heading levels > > I'm using Tech. Comm. Suite ( FM8 ver. 8.0p277 & RH7 ver. 7.02.001) to > generate multiple user manuals (a full manual and 3 quickstarts) as well as > CHM Help files. (Windows XP SP3 if it matters.) > > The challenge is how to best handle those topics that appear in more than 1 > output, but at different heading levels--most commonly an H3 in the full > manual becomes an H2 in the quickstarts. > > I've thought about: > - Multiple conditionalized headings, but that would cause xref issues. > - Building a container doc for each output where the headings are entered > directly but topic content inset by reference. This may work, but I'm not > sure it's the best answer. Does anyone else have any ideas? > > Judy Bragg > Technical Writer > Hypack, Inc. > judy at hypack,com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > You are currently subscribed to Framers as matt at grafixtraining.com. > > Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/matt%40grafixtraining.co > m > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. > > > >
